Invercargill — Safety concerns have led the Invercargill City Council to begin felling trees on Petrie’s Track at Sandy Point from Wednesday next week.
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Invercargill — Safety concerns have led the Invercargill City Council to begin felling trees on Petrie’s Track at Sandy Point from Wednesday next week.
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Invercargill City Council
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Stewart Island — Greymouth Petroleum Ltd has been granted land use consent to carry out petroleum exploration on Stewart Island.
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Milford — On route to Milford Sound this morning Southern Discoveries General Manager John Robson had to make a stop to photograph these stunning icicles on his way to work.
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Invercargill — The installation of an innovative boiler that runs on wood chips is the beginning of a new sustainable era for the Invercargill City Council, Infrastructure Chairperson Carolyn Dean said today.
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Tuatapere — The Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track has been nominated as a finalist in the Small Business Leadership category for the 2012 Green Ribbon Awards.
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Southland — Federated Farmers opposes Environment Southland’s Plan Change 13 because it takes a sledge hammer to one land use type and is unlikely to result in any water quality improvements.
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Milford — The season's first sighting of a rare Fiordland Crested Penguin or 'Tawaki' moulting took place yesterday afternoon as Southern Discoveries Kayak Guide Paul Park noticed a lone penguin near the Milford Sound Wharf.
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Southland — Following a special meeting, Federated Farmers Southland is prepared to work with Environment Southland on environmental policies.
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Te Anau — A resource consent application from Lake Te Anau Developments Limited to undertake a 15-lot subdivision has been turned down by Southland District Council's Resource Management Committee.
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Southland — Alliance Party co-leader Kay Murray says it is amazing that DOC is even contemplating allowing the building of a privately owned and operated road and tunnel, spanning not one but two of New Zealand's National Parks, Mt Aspiring and Fiordland National Parks.
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Milford — Rare Fiordland Crested Penguins or ‘Tawaki’ have arrived in Milford Sound for the nesting season, delighting visitors and nature guides aboard Encounter Cruises operated by Southern Discoveries.
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Southland — When to start and when to stop irrigating will be under discussion at a workshop in Gore next Tuesday, 26 July.
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Milford — Premier New Zealand tourism company Southern Discoveries was last night (Wednesday July 6) awarded a prestigious Southland Environment Award for its Sinbad Sanctuary Project.
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Southland — Environment Minister Nick Smith has acknowledged the national significance of the Waituna Lagoon but stopped short of promising Government funding to help prevent it from flipping into a slimy state.
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Southland — Greater collaboration from the regional council, farmers, environmentalists, iwi, and the Government is needed to reverse declining water quality in Southland's Waituna Lagoon, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.
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Southland — Environment Southland estimates it will need an extra $1.99 million dollars in the next financial year alone, to continue its attempts to prevent Waituna Lagoon from “flipping”.
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Southland — Interim recommendations for Waituna have been released and outline steps needed for short-term immediate action to reduce the risk of the Lagoon ‘flipping’.
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Southland — New research on the effectiveness of the herbicide endothall shows favourable results in the battle to rid lakes and rivers of New Zealand's most invasive aquatic weeds, including hydrilla, hornwort and lagarosiphon (an oxygen weed).
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Southland — A technical report has indicated that groundwater is likely to have a significant impact on surface water in the Waituna catchment.
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Southland — Environment Minister Nick Smith will be formally invited to visit Southland for a briefing on the response to save and restore the Waituna Lagoon.
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Southland — Waituna Lagoon is at high risk of irreversible damage because of intensification of land use in the surrounding catchment.
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